Elastic link.



LJ. JACOBS.

ELASTIC' LINK, APBLICATION'HLED |u`NE3.` 1916. mgNEwEn AUG. I. 19m.1,280,744-

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

WIT/VESSES by an UTED STATES Png-)ENTV @FFME JOHN .1-;moons, 0F NEWYORK, N. Y.A

ELASTIC LINK.

' Appncation mea June 3, 191e, serial No. 101,47

To all lwhom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN J. JACOBS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident' of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Elastic Link, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to elastic links such as shown and described inthe Letters Patent of the United States, No. 926,655, grantv ed to meJune 29, 1909.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new vand improvedelastic link more especially designed for usebn belts, Suspenders andlike articles, and which is simple and durable in construction, cheap tomanufacture and composed of comparatively few parts not liable to geteasily out of order.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a U-shapedframe provided with guideways in its parallel arms, the latter havingapertures near the free ends of the attaching bar closing the open endof the frame and having lugs engaging the said apertures to hold theattaching member in place on the parallel arms, a spring seated on theclosed end of the said frame and guided in the said guideways, and` aloop straddling the free end of the spring and the closed end of thesaid frame.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specication, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt provided with the elasticlink;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevationof the same with parts broken out;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the frame, the-loop and the attachingmember in disassembled position; and

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are face views of modified forms of the frame andattaching member.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the elastic link 10 connects thebelt band 11 with the buckle 12 adapted to be engaged by the free end 13of the belt band in the usual manner. The elastic link 10 is providedwith a U-shaped frame 14 having parallel arms 15, 16, connected witheach other at one end integral crossbar 17, and the arms 15,

Specification of Letters Patent.

o. Renewed August 1, i918. serial No. 247,871.

16 as well as the bar 17 areU-shaped in cross,

section. A coil spring 18 has one end seated in the channel of thecrossbar 17 while thel ends of the convolutions of the spring 18yslidably engage the channels in the parallel arms 15` and 16, whichlatter thus form guide- Patented oct. s, 1918.

ways for the spring 18 ywhile the crossbary 17 Y is theseat for thespring. The free ends of, the parallel arms 15 and 16are provided withapertures 19, and into the said free ends of the channels of the guidearms 15 and 16 fits the attaching member 20- provided with lugs 21extending through the apertures 19 thus securing `the attaching member20 in position on the free end of the frame 14 thereby closing the openend of the said frame.` The. attaching member 20 isprovided with spacedbearings 22 for engage ment by the bar 23 of the buckle 12 to allow thelatter to swing on the attaching member 20. The free end of the spring18 is straddled by a loop 25, preferably made o a piece of sheet metaldoubled up, as plainly shown in the upper portion of Fig. 4, to overliethe spring 18 and straddle the connecting bar 17 of the frame 14, theloop 25 being of a width corresponding approximately-to the,

- the loop 25 are provided with registering keyholefslots 26 adapted tobe engaged by a double button 27 held on the band 11, which latterextends between the members of the loop 25, as plainly indicatedinFig..`

3. `By the arrangement described, the link can Vbe readily attached atone end to the buckle 12 and at the othery end to the band 11.

Inpraotice, the attaching member 20 is preferably made from a singlepiece of sheet metal stamped out to the desiredv shape and doubled up soas to providev bearings 22, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 4.y The attaching member 20 may, however, be provided withvarious means for attachment to another part of the article 0n which itis to be used; for instance, as shown Vin Fig. 5, the attaching member20 is provided with a keyhole slot 30 for en agement with a stud similarto the stud 2 and, as shown in Fig. 6, the attaching member 20 is in theform of a buckle frame having a crossbar 40 and teeth 41 for retaining astrap or similar article on which thelink is to be used. In the formshown'in n Fig. 7, the attaching member20 is in the form of a plain barhaving apertures 50 for the passage of stitches to secure the attachingmember to the part on Which the link is to be used.

On the link l0 are mounted loops 60 and 70, preferably made of leather,for receiving the end 13 of the band 1l after the said end has beenengaged With the buckle 12. TheA loop 60 extends around the link at thelugs 2l Which project suliciently beyond the arms l5 and 16 of the frame14 to engage the in ner surface 0f the loop 60 and thus to hold the samein position on the end -of the link l0 adjacent the buckle l2.. Theotherloop 70 isprovided with a tongue' 7l .engaged with the tongue 72 ofthebuckle l2 to hold the loop in position on the linkfadjacent the bandll. Thus the loops 60 and 70 are always held the desired distancer apartfor enhancing the appearance o'f-thefbelt and for securely holding thefree end of the band llin Position. i

From the foregoing it will be seen that the several parts of the linkcan be readily assembled and attached to .the parts on Which theelastic'link is to be used.

Havingwthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent r; n

l. In an elastic link, the combination of a U-shaped frame provided Withguidevvays in its parallel arms, the latter .having apertures near thefree ends, a crossbar closing theopen end of the frameand having` lugsengaging the said apertures to hold the' crossb'ar in place on theparallel arms, a

spring sea-ted on the closed end of the said s,

frame and guided in the said guidewa. and a loop straddling the free endof tie spring and the closed end of the said frame.

an Velastic link, the combinationof a U-sliaped frame provided Withguidevvays in lits parallel arms, the latter having apertures near thefree`ends, a crossbar closing the open end of the frame and having lugsengaging the said apertures to hold the crossv bar in place on theparallel arms, a spring seated on the closed end of thesaid frame andguided in the said guideways, and a loop straddling'the free end of thespring and the closed end of the said frame, the free ends of the saidloop having registering keyhole slots, and a stud engaging thesaidslots.

3. In an elastic link, a frame provided With parallelarms havingguideivays, and a ing member connecting the parallel arms with eachother at one end, the arms and' connecting member being each Urshaped incross section to forni guideways in the. arms and a seat at theconnecting member, the

said arms being provided With apertures at their free ends, and anattaching member having its' ends itting into' the outerends of the saidguideways, the ends of .the at taching member having outwardlyprojecting lugs passing through the said apertures toliold the attachingmember in place at the .open outer end of' the frame.

5. In van elastic link, a frame provided with parallel arms and anintegral connect-` ing member connecting the Vparallel arms Witheachother atone end, the arms and connecting member being each U-shapedin cross section to form guideivays 1n the arms anda seat at theconnecting member, thesaid arms being provided WithV apertures at theirfree ends, an attaching 'member having its ends fitting into the outerends of the saidy guideways, the ends of` the .attaching member havingoutwardly projecting lugs passing through the said apertures to hold theattaching member. in place at the open outer end of the frame, the saidattaching member having means for attaching it to a part of the articleon which thelink is to be used, a coilV spring seated in the saidr seatand having theA ends of Aits Convolutions guided in the said guideivays,and. a'loop passing'around the 'free end of the spring and straddling.the connecting. member of the said frame, the said loop having at itsends registering keyhole slots and astud on another part of thev articleand engaging'the said keyhole slots.'

f i JOHN J. JACOBS.

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